Bottle-closure.



G. H. NEWHALL.

BOTTLE CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR23,191-1.

1,126,065, Patented Jan.26, 1915.

lmwnior E NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTC-L/THLL, WASHINGION o C CEBERT H. NEWHALL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

Application filed March 23, 1914. 1 Serial No. 826,594.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CEBERT H. NEWHALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Closures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle closures, and more particularly to non-refillable bottles, the object of the invention being to provide a closure of the character stated which can be readily secured to the neck of the bottle, and which will permit the contents of the bottle to be dispensed at the same time preventing fraudulent refilling of the bottle.

A further object is to provide an improved closure which will be of extremely simple, inexpensive construction, andwhich will not disfigure the bottle, but rather tend to ornament the same.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a view in longitudinal section illustrating my ii'nprovements. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the valve seat. Fig. 3 is a view in cross section on the line 33 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4C is a perspective view of the disk 15.

1 represents a bottle having a neck 2 en- ].arged and externally screw-threaded as shown at 3 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

1 represents my improved valve seat which of general truncated conical form and is provided on its outer face with a packing ring 5, preferably of rubber, which fits snugly within the neck of the bottle. At the smaller inner end of the valve seat a, laterally the bottle.

projecting spring tongues 6 are provided which spring into an internal annular groove 7 in the bottle neck, and securely lock the valve seat against movement, preventing the withdrawal of the same without destroying The extreme upper end of the valve seat 1 is of general cylindrical form as shown at S, and around this cylindrical portion, a sleeve 9 is located. The sleeve 9 snugly fits the upper end of the valve seat, and at its lower end bears against a gasket 10 on the upper end of the bottle neck around the valve seat. This sleeve 9 has a wire mesh screen 11 extending across the same at a point near its upper end, said screen held against removal by means of a transverse pin 12 projected through the sleeve. The screen 11 is of appreciably greater diameter than the sleeve, so that when forced into the sleeve, its edges will turn slightly as shown clearly in Fig. 1, and operate to securely hold the screen in the position desired.

13 represents an outer casing which is of general cylindrical form at its upper portion where it snugly fits the sleeve 9. The

extreme upper end of the casing 13 is provided with an internal annular flange 14 which overlaps the edge of a disk 15. The disk 15 is preferably of cork or any other suitable material for closing the end of the bottle, and is held against the end of sleeve 9 by means of the flange 1 1. The lower portion of the casing 13 is screw-threaded as shown at 16 to engage the screw-threaded portion 3 of the bottle neck, and under this screw-threaded portion 16, I preferably locate a coating of cement 17, so that when the casing is once secured in place, it cannot be removed.

18 represents a ball valve which may be of any suitable material, and which is of a diameter to fit within the valve seat and securely close the bottle neck when the latter is in an upright position.

Fig. 1 shows the position of the parts as the bottle is ready for shipment, and it will be noted that the casing 13 not only draws the disk 15 against the end of sleeve 9, but also draws the lower end of the sleeve 9 against the gasket 10, insuring a tight uncture at these points. WVhen the purchaser desires to pour out the contents of the bot tle, it is necessary to insert a knife or other tool within the flange 11, and out an opening in the disk 15, after which the bottle can be inverted and the ball 8 will roll out of the valve seat 4: into the sleeve 9, and permit the liquid to be readily poured out. Any attempt to refill the bottle will be frustrated by the ball 18, which will roll into the valve seat and securely close the bottle neck.

It is to be understood that the screen 11 will be of fine wire mesh, small enough to exclude any instrument of a size sufficient to injure or manipulate the ball 18.

I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to any particular material in the manufacture of the closure, but will form the parts of any material which is desirable for use in connection with the particular liquid to be dispensed.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination with a bottle neck having external screw-threads and an internal groove, of a truncated conical "alve seat lo cated' Within the neck of the bottle and having spring tongues at its innerend normally located in the groove, a ball normally l0- said casingat its lower end screw-threaded and engaging the screw-threads of the bottle neck, said threaded portions rigidly secured together, and said casing having an 0pening at its top with an internal annular flange around the opening engaging over the fragile disk, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, CEBERT H. NEW'HALL. lVitnesses M. E. Drr'rUs, CHAs. E. POTTS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents; Washington, D. G. 

